Taylor: "Feminism's The Most Important Movement"

Naomi is the Miss Vogue editor and social media manager of British Vogue

Wednesday 20 May 2015

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Just when you thought Taylor Swift couldn't get any cooler, the girl-power ambassador has spoken out about her own experience with feminism.

Responding to winning her ninth award of the week - taking the top spot on Maxim's Hot 100 list - Swift expressed how she's only really become aware of gender inequality in the last few years.

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The Bad Blood singer explained to Maxim, "I didn't have an accurate definition of feminism when I was younger. I didn't quite see all the ways that feminism is vital to growing up in the world we live in. I think that when I used to say, 'Oh, feminism's not really on my radar,' it was because when I was just seen as a kid, I wasn't as threatening."

The 25-year-old has found herself a victim of gender inequality most when it comes to the media's approach to her work. "I didn't see myself being held back until I was a woman. Or the double standards in headlines, the double standards in the way stories are told, the double standards in the way things are perceived. A man writing about his feelings from a vulnerable place is brave; a woman writing about her feelings from a vulnerable place is oversharing or whining," she explained. "Misogyny is ingrained in people from the time they are born. So to me, feminism is probably the most important movement that you could embrace, because it's just basically another word for equality."